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Newbie
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Hi all Me and eucagirl are part time grey or in my case white nomads exploring Oz little by little . We traveling in an Amarok towing a Camper trailer usually a month at a time and looking forward to being a part of this forum Cheers for now .
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twin batteries for avan motorhome
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Have to replace batteries in 2009 avan motorhome. Would like to go as big as possible. any suggestions many thanks Graeme
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Hi from the other side
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Of the world that is. i joined this great forum some years ago shortly before a visit to your huge country. At the time I travelled around Europe in an American built 5th wheel, spending about 4 months every winter in the sunshine of southern Portugal. jump forward to April 2018, the fiver has gone and be...
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Getting closer
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Hi all, My wife and I have been travelling a fair amount over the last 10 years but of course work restrictions have meant they have been nothing longer than 6 weeks. We are planning to sell up and hit the road next year. Health issues is the biggest concern. I have leaukamia, in remission, but still nee...
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G'Day Nomads
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G'Day Nomads, I'm still 20-25 years off joining your ranks, but can't wait for the day when I can leave this work obligation behind for a big lap of Oz. I've already visited a fair chunk of the Australian coastline; Eden to Cape York, Margaret River to Exmouth, and Kangaroo Island to Melbourne... and ca...
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New members SeaJay&Tez
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Hi, we did the Perth to the NT border last year with our 80 series Landcruiser and roof top tent including the Gibb river Rd, Mitchel Falls, Lake Argyle and the Bungle Bungles. We enjoyed the road trip so much we have just bought a 2008 offroad caravan to travel around in, we look forward to reading of othe...
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New, not grey and the eternal question - van or camper?
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Hi. Tossing up wether to get into the 'go north young man' thing for winters. I'm in Tassie, quasi retired after having cancer treatment last year. Feel an imposter as I'm not grey, but I was going grey. After chemo it grew back with no grey! Bonus. First - tossing up wether caravanning or campering (?)...
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A BIG WELCOME TO ALL NEW GREY NOMADS...
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A big welcome to all new Nomads who have recently subscribed to this very informative Forum. There is a (sticky) post called WHO IS THIS on the top of the page in the I DIGRESS Forum, which is a competition that has been running continuously now for a long period of time, where people post photos of famous...
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First Trip to Red Centre
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Hi All, We [my Darling and I] are planning our first trip to the Red Centre July Aug 2018. Broken down 2wks to Darwin [Wollongong to Bourke onto Darwin],2wks in around Darwin and 2wks to get down to Adelaide and then home. We have committments at home so only have 7weeks. All advice would be gratefully ac...
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Help us pick a van
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Hi Everyone. I been scrolling the internet now for about 3 months, Looked at a couple of Vans, And read a lot of forums. We are looking for a Van around 20 to 22ft that will do the gibb river road with ease, Light ( will be using a LC200 Sahara but I don't want to load it up to 3.5T ) Seperate shower and toilet, Mo...
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on the search for a van
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Hi everyone, We are new to the forum, just in the process of looking for a van, researching and interested in different opinions of nomads. Such a lot of vans out there, its confusing but still fun looking around. Margaret and Bill
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Dream finally in sight
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Hi Everyone
What an awesome forum. Such a wealth of information for a newbie to read.
My youngest daughter passed her P test today and to celebrate I bought camper to finally start living my dreamđ
It's it 1999 Ford Transit thats been converted to a campervan It has solar panels, Waeco fridge, bed et...
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hello
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hi all, new here, have recently acquired a 2002 transit lwb, hi roof, fairly well set up, awning,double bed across the rear, toilet, shower, solar cell on roof, 2 x deep cycle batts, etc. most of the work has been a bit rough and we have spent time re-doing a lot, so lots of time but not too expensive. Still...
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Motorhome
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Hi.
im Kiwi Kid a newbie
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I want to purchase a Motorhome and have my eye on a Matilda Henry,does any one know if this is a good choice for a beginner traveller.im not sure if this is ideal news for the forum but i would be grateful for any info..Cheers .Kiwi Kid..
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Hi there
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Hi there, I'm a 68 year old male, new to the forum, going to Tassie very soon, is there anyone touring, I could meet up and tag along with ? Putting a roof topper on it.
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Hello from Tassie
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Thanks for allowing me entry to the Forum. After a lot of looking the web and Gumtree we have made the first step to becoming Grey Nomads with a vehicle to travel in. I found the comments on this Forum useful even before I joined the Forum for deciding what vehicle to purchase. Most old Motor Homes down he...
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Confused
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I'm confused & wondering if I'm doing something wrong when replying to a post. You see a post you'd like to reply to & select the reply button then type in your message. When you select the post button your message doesn't come up below the one you're replying to but at the top or bottom so there s...
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Intro
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Hi, John & Liz from Warrnambool, South West Victoria, just starting out on our 'travel adventures' still a couple of years till retirement so getting in some short distance practice, just us in our Toyota Coaster along with Molly, our five year old peach coloured Spoodle. Look forward to meetin...
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New to the old farts touring Australia
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hi all just thought I might introduce my self my name is David and im61 years young the boss is Terrie and we love traveling in our van have seen most of oz already because Im a tour coach driver and have taken a lot school kids and tourists to all parts of oz but now Im going to all the places that wasnt availa...
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Hi from Taree
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Hello Grey Nomads, although I am only 43, I do have grey around the edges and we have bought our first caravan which is an '86 Viscount Grand Tourer which needed love and attention. When the repair is finished and we have made it our own we are planning a trip to the southern country to visit family and fri...
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